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Tuesday, April 26, 2016

2.12.10.1. Alexander Eugene Muir (1917-1999)

Alexander Eugene Muir was born on 30 January 1917 in Seattle, Washington, to Alexander Muir and Bertha Cloren. His father worked as a fireman for the city fire department at the time of Alexander's birth. The family was enumerated in the 1920 as living at 643 97th Street. Alexander's father retired from the fire department later that year due to an injury and the family moved to Island County, Washington, some time before 1924.

When Alexander was 12 years old, his mother died from complications related to childbirth. The next year the Alexander, his father, and younger siblings moved back to Seattle. He father rejoined the fire department and the family lived at 347 West 53rd Street.

Alexander Eugene Muir married Minerva B. Hansen sometime before 1940. She was the daughter of Lars Hansen and Nancy J. Anderson and had been born in Alaska. By 1940 Alexander had joined the U.S. Coast Guard and was stationed aboard the USCG Cutter Pulaski (WPC-149) and worked as a 3rd radioman. The cutter's home port was Coos Bay, Oregon. Alexander's wife lodged in nearby Marshfield. The couple had one known child over the course of their marriage.

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